Originally Posted by
hookeye
Killing deer, even good deer, IMHO is more about the spot than the skill set.
Seen too many idiots who score too often.
Some get multiple chances per season, flub a couple and then score.
I don't understand the mentality where a miss is OK. Sure it happens, but it should be a rare thing that burns the hunter's arse so bad he finds out why it happened and works to make sure it doesn't repeat.
I will agree with the location but there is still a lot of skill inviled to successfully harvest mature bucks or even does every year. Knowing the location, the pattern of the animals, if you are out west locating an animal, stalking them, drawing a turkey, coyote, bull elk within archery range requires skill. Now when it comes to the rut I would say that the location and timing applies more than skill do to there is no pattern what so ever.